Lost showrunner Damon Lindelof has hit back at criticisms about the hit ABC show's ending from Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin.

Martin took a swipe at Lost during a recent interview with The New Yorker, claiming that he felt "cheated" by the programme's conclusion.

Speaking about the ending of his Ice and Fire series, Martin said: "I want to give [fans] something terrific. What if I f**k it up at the end? What if I do a Lost? Then they'll come after me with pitchforks and torches."

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Lindelof reacted on Twitter to the remarks, writing: "George? You got yourself a feud, motherf**ker... Winter IS coming, bitch...

"I don't take issue with his opinion, I take issue with the fact that he coined, 'Pulling a Lost' as empirically 'f**king up the ending'... I've just been informed George is working on his feud response. I'll have it in five years!

"I stand by the ending of the show and defend it accordingly. Until I am worthy of The New Yorker, this is the platform I've got (sic)."

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, he added: "I'm not entirely even sure that George Martin knows that he's in a feud. When someone says something in an interview, the beauty of Twitter is that it's a platform for instantaneous response.

"Unfortunately, he's not on Twitter, and therefore, it's not entirely a fair fight. But over the course of today, apparently he gave some other interviews - he's sort of on an anti-Lost tour. So I think that qualifies as a feud."